TWiki Variables
Special text strings expand on the fly to display user data or system info
TWikiVariables are text strings -
%VARIABLE%
or
%VARIABLE{ parameter="value" }%
- that expand into content whenever a topic is rendered for viewing. There are two types of variables:
- Preferences variables: Can be defined and changed by the user
- Predefined variables: Defined by the TWiki system or by Plugins (for example, the SpreadSheetPlugin introduces a
%CALC{}%
variable)
Using Variables
To use a variable type its name. For example,
- type
%T%
to get (a preferences variable)
- type
%TOPIC%
to get TWikiVariables
(a predefined variable)
- type
%CALC{ "$UPPER(Text)" }%
to get TEXT
(a variable defined by Plugin)
Note:
- To leave a variable unexpanded, precede it with an exclamation point, e.g. type
!%TOPIC%
to get %TOPIC%
- Variables are expanded relative to the topic they are used in, not the topic they are defined in
- Type
%ALLVARIABLES%
to get a full listing of all variables defined for a particular topic
Variable Names
Variable names must start with a letter. The following characters can be letters, numbers and the underscore '_'. You can use both upper-case and lower-case letters and you can mix the characteres. E.g.
%MYVAR%
,
%MyVar%
,
%My2ndVar%
, and
%My_Var%
are all valid variable names. Variables are case sensitive.
%MyVAR%
and
%MYVAR%
are not the same variable.
By convention all settings, predefined variables and variables used by plugins are always UPPER-CASE.
Preferences Variables
Unlike predefined variables, preferences variables can be defined by the user in various places.
Setting Preferences Variables
You can set variables in all the following places:
- local site level in TWikiPreferences
- user level in individual user topics in Main web
- web level in WebPreferences of each web
- topic level in topics in webs
- plugin topics (see TWikiPlugins)
- session variables (if sessions are enabled)
Settings at higher-numbered levels override settings of the same variable at lower numbered levels, unless the variable was included in the setting of FINALPREFERENCES at a lower-numbered level, in which case it is locked at the value it has at that level.
The syntax for setting Variables is the same anywhere in TWiki (on its own TWiki bullet line, including nested bullets):
[multiple of 3 spaces] * [space] Set [space] VARIABLENAME [space] = [space] value
Examples:
Spaces between the = sign and the value will be ignored. You can split a value over several lines by indenting following lines with spaces - as long as you don't try to use * as the first character on the following line.
Example:
* Set VARIABLENAME = value starts here
and continues here
Whatever you include in your Variable will be expanded on display, exactly as if it had been entered directly.
Example: Create a custom logo variable
- To place a logo anywhere in a web by typing
%MYLOGO%
, define the Variable on the web's WebPreferences topic, and upload a logo file, ex: mylogo.gif
. You can upload by attaching the file to WebPreferences, or, to avoid clutter, to any other topic in the same web, e.g. LogoTopic
. Sample variable setting in WebPreferences:
-
Set MYLOGO = %PUBURL%/%WEB%/LogoTopic/mylogo.gif
You can also set preferences variables on a topic by clicking the link
Edit topic preference settings
under
More topic actions
. Preferences set in this manner are not visible in the topic text, but take effect nevertheless.
Access Control Variables
These are special types of preferences variables to control access to content.
TWikiAccessControl explains these security settings in detail.
Local values for variables
Certain topics (a users home topic, web site and default preferences topics) have a problem; variables defined in those topics can have two meanings. For example, consider a user topic. A user may want to use a double-height edit box when they are editing their home topic - but
only when editing their home topic. The rest of the time, they want to have a normal edit box. This separation is achieved using
Local
in place of
Set
in the variable definition. For example, if the user sets the following in their home topic:
* Set EDITBOXHEIGHT = 10
* Local EDITBOXHEIGHT = 20
Then when they are editing any other topic, they will get a 10 high edit box. However when they are editing their home topic, they will get a 20 high edit box.
Local
can be used wherever a preference needs to take a different value depending on where the current operation is being performed.
Use this powerful feature with great care!
%ALLVARIABLES%
can be used to get a listing of the values of all variables in their evaluation order, so you can see variable scope if you get confused.
Frequently Used Preferences Variables
The following preferences variables are frequently used. They are defined in
TWikiPreferences#Miscellaneous_Settings:
-
%BR%
- line break
-
%BULLET%
- bullet sign
-
%BB%
- line break and bullet combined
-
%BB2%
- indented line break and bullet
-
%RED% text %ENDCOLOR%
- colored text (also %YELLOW%
, %ORANGE%
, %PINK%
, %PURPLE%
, %TEAL%
, %NAVY%
, %BLUE%
, %AQUA%
, %LIME%
, %GREEN%
, %OLIVE%
, %MAROON%
, %BROWN%
, %BLACK%
, %GRAY%
, %SILVER%
, %WHITE%
)
-
%H%
- Help icon
-
%I%
- Idea icon
-
%M%
- Moved to icon
-
%N%
- New icon
-
%P%
- Refactor icon
-
%Q%
- Question icon
-
%S%
- Pick icon
-
%T%
- Tip icon
-
%U%
- Updated icon
-
%X%
- Alert icon
-
%Y%
- Done icon
There are additional useful preferences variables defined in
TWikiPreferences, in
Main.TWikiPreferences, and in
WebPreferences of every web.
Predefined Variables
Most predefined variables return values that were either set in the configuration when TWiki was installed, or taken from server info (such as current username, or date and time). Some, like
%SEARCH%
, are powerful and general tools.
- Predefined variables can be overridden by preferences variables
- Plugins may extend the set of predefined variables (see individual Plugins topics for details)
- Take the time to thoroughly read through ALL preference variables. If you actively configure your site, review variables periodically. They cover a wide range of functions, and it can be easy to miss the one perfect variable for something you have in mind. For example, see
%INCLUDINGTOPIC%
, %INCLUDE%
, and the mighty %SEARCH%
.
This version of TWiki - Tue, 04 Jul 2006 build 10807 - predefines the following variables:
ACTIVATEDPLUGINS -- list of currently activated plugins
- Syntax:
%ACTIVATEDPLUGINS%
- Expands to: SpreadSheetPlugin, CommentPlugin, EditTablePlugin, InterwikiPlugin, PreferencesPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, TablePlugin, WysiwygPlugin
- Related: PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS, FAILEDPLUGINS, PLUGINVERSION
ALLVARIABLES -- list of currently defined TWikiVariables
- Syntax:
%ALLVARIABLES%
- Expands to: a table showing all defined TWikiVariables in the current context
ATTACHURL -- full URL for attachments in the current topic
ATTACHURLPATH -- path of the attachment URL of the current topic
AUTHREALM -- authentication realm
- String defined as {AuthRealm} in
configure
. This is used in certain password encodings, and in login templates as part of the login prompt.
- Syntax:
%AUTHREALM%
- Expands to: Enter your LoginName. (Typically First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith, unless you chose otherwise). Visit TWikiRegistration if you do not have one.
- Related: TWikiUserAuthentication, SESSIONID, SESSIONVAR, LOGIN, LOGOUT, SESSION_VARIABLE
BASETOPIC -- base topic where an INCLUDE started
- The name of the topic where a single or nested INCLUDE started - same as
%TOPIC%
if there is no INCLUDE
- Syntax:
%BASETOPIC%
- Related: BASEWEB, INCLUDINGTOPIC, INCLUDE, TOPIC
BASEWEB -- base web where an INCLUDE started
- The web name where the includes started, e.g. the web of the first topic of nested includes. Same as
%WEB%
in case there is no include.
- Syntax:
%BASEWEB%
- Related: BASETOPIC, INCLUDINGWEB, INCLUDE, WEB
DATE -- signature format date
DISPLAYTIME -- display time
DISPLAYTIME{"format"} -- formatted display time
- Formatted time - either GMT or Local server time, depending on setting in configure. Same format qualifiers as
%GMTIME%
- Syntax:
%DISPLAYTIME{"format"}%
- Example:
%DISPLAYTIME{"$hou:$min"}%
expands to 20:07
- Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME, SERVERTIME
ENCODE{"string"} -- encodes a string to HTML entities
- Encode "special" characters to HTML numeric entities. Encoded characters are:
- all non-printable ASCII characters below space, except newline (
"\n"
) and linefeed ("\r"
)
- HTML special characters
"<"
, ">"
, "&"
, single quote ('
) and double quote ("
)
- TWiki special characters
"%"
, "["
, "]"
, "@"
, "_"
, "*"
, "="
and "|"
- Syntax:
%ENCODE{"string"}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"string" | String to encode | required (can be empty) |
type="entity" | Encode special characters into HTML entities, like a double quote into " | URL encoding |
type="url" | Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into %22 | (this is the default) |
- Example:
%ENCODE{"spaced name"}%
expands to spaced%20name
- Note: Values of HTML input fields must be entity encoded, for example:
<input type="text" name="address" value="%ENCODE{ "any text" type="entity" }%" />
- Related: URLPARAM
ENDSECTION{"name"} -- marks the end of a named section within a topic
- Syntax:
%ENDSECTION{"name"}%
- Syntax:
%ENDSECTION{type="include"}%
- Supported parameter:
Parameter: | Description: |
"name" | Name of the section. |
type="..." | Type of the section being terminated; supported types "section" , "include" , "templateonly" . |
- If the
STARTSECTION
is named, the corresponding ENDSECTION
must also be named with the same name. If the STARTSECTION
specifies a type, then the corresponding ENDSECTION
must also specify the same type. If the section is unnamed, ENDSECTION
will match with the nearest unnamed %STARTSECTION%
of the same type above it.
- Related: STARTSECTION
FAILEDPLUGINS -- debugging for plugins that failed to load, and handler list
FORMFIELD{"fieldname"} -- renders a field in the form attached to some topic
- Syntax:
%FORMFIELD{"fieldname"}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"fieldname" | The name of a TWiki form field | required |
topic="..." | Topic where form data is located. May be of the form Web.TopicName | Current topic |
format="..." | Format string. $value expands to the field value, and $title expands to the field title | "$value" |
default="..." | Text shown when no value is defined for the field | "" |
alttext="..." | Text shown when field is not found in the form | "" |
- Example:
%FORMFIELD{"ProjectName" topic="Projects.SushiProject" default="(not set)" alttext="ProjectName field found"}%
- Related: SEARCH
GMTIME -- GM time
GMTIME{"format"} -- formatted GM time
- Syntax:
%GMTIME{"format"}%
- Supported variables:
Variable: | Unit: | Example |
$seconds | seconds | 59 |
$minutes | minutes | 59 |
$hours | hours | 23 |
$day | day of month | 31 |
$wday | day of the Week (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat) | Thu |
$dow | day of the week (Sun = 0) | 2 |
$week | number of week in year (ISO 8601) | 34 |
$month | month in ISO format | Dec |
$mo | 2 digit month | 12 |
$year | 4 digit year | 1999 |
$ye | 2 digit year | 99 |
$tz | either "GMT" (if set to gmtime), or "Local" (if set to servertime) | GMT |
$iso | ISO format timestamp | 2024-12-03T20:07:00Z |
$rcs | RCS format timestamp | 2024/12/03 20:07:00 |
$http | E-mail & http format timestamp | Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:07:00 GMT |
$epoch | Number of seconds since 00:00 on 1st January, 1970 | 1733256420 |
- Variables can be shortened to 3 characters
- Example:
%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}%
expands to 03 Dec, 2024 - 20:07:00
- Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
- Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME, SERVERTIME
GROUPS -- a formatted list of groups
HOMETOPIC -- home topic in each web
HTTP -- get HTTP headers
HTTP_HOST -- environment variable
HTTPS -- get HTTPS headers
- The same as
%HTTP%
but operates on the HTTPS environment variables present when the SSL protocol is in effect. Can be used to determine whether SSL is turned on.
- Syntax:
%HTTPS%
- Syntax:
%HTTPS{"Header-name"}%
- Related: HTTP, REMOTE_ADDR, REMOTE_PORT, REMOTE_USER
ICON{"name"} -- small documentation graphic or icon of common attachment types
- Generates the HTML img tag of a small graphic image attached to TWikiDocGraphics. Images typically have a 16x16 pixel size. You can select a specific image by name, or you can give a full filename, in which case the type of the file will be used to select one of a collection of common file type icons.
- Syntax:
%ICON{"name"}%
- Examples:
-
%ICON{"flag-gray"}%
returns
-
%ICON{"pdf"}%
returns
-
%ICON{"smile.pdf"}%
returns
-
%ICON{"/dont/you/dare/smile.pdf"}%
returns
-
%ICON{"http://twiki.org/doc/xhtml.xsl"}%
returns
- Graphic samples:
arrowbright
, bubble
, choice-yes
, hand
- File type samples:
bmp
, doc
, gif
, hlp
, html
, mp3
, pdf
, ppt
, txt
, xls
, xml
, zip
- Related: ICONURL, ICONURLPATH, TWikiPreferences, FileAttachments, TWikiDocGraphics
ICONURL{"name"} -- URL of small documentation graphic or icon
- Generates the full URL of a TWikiDocGraphics image, which TWiki renders as an image. The related
%ICON{"name"}%
generates the full HTML img tag. Specify image name or full filename (see ICON for details on filenames.)
- Syntax:
%ICONURL{"name"}%
- Examples:
-
%ICONURL{"arrowbright"}%
returns http://menet.mdw.ac.at/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/arrowbright.gif
-
%ICONURL{"novel.pdf"}%
returns http://menet.mdw.ac.at/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/pdf.gif
-
%ICONURL{"/queen/boheme.mp3"}%
returns http://menet.mdw.ac.at/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/mp3.gif
- Related: ICONURLPATH, ICON, TWikiPreferences, FileAttachments, TWikiDocGraphics
ICONURLPATH{"name"} -- URL path of small documentation graphic or icon
- Generates the URL path of a TWikiDocGraphics image, typically used in an HTML img tag. Specify image name or full filename (see ICON for details on filenames.)
- Syntax:
%ICONURLPATH{"name"}%
- Examples:
-
%ICONURLPATH{"locktopic"}%
returns /pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/locktopic.gif
-
%ICONURLPATH{"eggysmell.xml"}%
returns /pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/xml.gif
-
%ICONURLPATH{"/doc/xhtml.xsl"}%
returns /pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/xsl.gif
- Related: ICONURL, ICON, TWikiPreferences, FileAttachments, TWikiDocGraphics
IF{"condition" ...} -- simple conditionals
- Evaluate a condition and show one text or another based on the result. See details in IfStatements
- Syntax:
%IF{"CONDITION" then="THEN" else="ELSE"}%
shows "THEN"
if "CONDITION"
evaluates to TRUE
, otherwise "ELSE"
will be shown
- Example:
%IF{"defined FUNFACTOR" then="FUNFACTOR is defined" else=" is not defined"}%
renders as ==
- Related: $IF() of SpreadSheetPlugin
INCLUDE{"page"} -- include other topic or web page
- Syntax:
%INCLUDE{"page" ...}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"SomeTopic" | The name of a topic located in the current web, i.e. %INCLUDE{"WebNotify"}% | |
"Web.Topic" | A topic in another web, i.e. %INCLUDE{"TWiki.SiteMap"}% | |
"http://..." | A full qualified URL, i.e. %INCLUDE{"http://twiki.org:80/index.html"}% . Supported content types are text/html and text/plain . if the URL resolves to an attachment file on the server this will automatically translate to a server-side include. | |
pattern="..." | A RegularExpression pattern to include a subset of a topic or page | none |
rev="2" | Include a previous topic revision; N/A for URLs | top revision |
raw="on" | When a page is included, normally TWiki will process it, doing the following: 1) Alter relative links to point back to originating host, 2) Remove some basic HTML tags (html, head, body, script) and finally 3) Remove newlines from tags spanning multiple lines. If you prefer to include exactly what is in the source of the originating page set this to on . | disabled |
warn="off" | Warn if topic include fails: Fail silently (if off ); output default warning (if set to on ); else, output specific text (use $topic for topic name) | %INCLUDEWARNING% preferences setting |
section="name" | Includes only the specified named section, as defined in the included topic by the STARTSECTION and ENDSECTION variables | |
PARONE="val 1" PARTWO="val 2" | Any other parameter will be defined as a variable within the scope of the included topic. The example parameters on the left will result in %PARONE% and %PARTWO% being defined within the included topic. | |
- Note: JavaScript in included webpages is filtered out as a security precaution per default (disable filter with
raw
parameter)
- Examples: See IncludeTopicsAndWebPages
- Related: BASETOPIC, BASEWEB, INCLUDINGTOPIC, INCLUDINGWEB, STARTINCLUDE, STOPINCLUDE, STARTSECTION, ENDSECTION
INCLUDINGTOPIC -- name of topic that includes current topic
- The name of the topic that includes the current topic - same as
%TOPIC%
in case there is no include
- Syntax:
%INCLUDINGTOPIC%
- Related: BASETOPIC, INCLUDINGWEB, INCLUDE, TOPIC
INCLUDINGWEB -- web that includes current topic
- The web name of the topic that includes the current topic - same as
%WEB%
if there is no INCLUDE.
- Syntax:
%INCLUDINGWEB%
- Related: BASEWEB, INCLUDINGTOPIC, INCLUDE, WEB
LANGUAGE -- current user's language
- Returns the language code for the language used as the current user. This is the language actually used by TWiki Internationalization (e.g. in user interface).
- The language is detected from the user's browser, unless some site/web/user/session-defined setting overrides it:
- If the
LANGUAGE
preference is set, it's used as user's language instead of any language detected from the browser.
- Avoid defining
LANGUAGE
at a non per-user way, so each user can choose his/her preferred language.
- Related: LANGUAGES
LANGUAGES -- list available TWiki languages
- List the languages available (as
PO
files) to TWiki. Those are the languages in which TWiki's user interface is available.
- Syntax:
%LANGUAGES{...}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
format | format for each item. See below for variables available in the format string. | " * $langname" |
separator | separator between items. | "\n" (newline) |
marker="selected" | Text for $marker if the item matches selection | "selected" |
selection="%LANGUAGE%" | Current language to be selected in list | (none) |
-
format
variables: Variable | Meaning |
$langname | language's name, as informed by the translators |
$langtag | language's tag. Ex: en , pt-br , etc. |
- Example:
<select>%LANGUAGES{format="<option $marker value='$langtag'>$langname</option>" selection="%LANGUAGE%"}%</select>
creates an option list of the available languages with the current language selected
LOCALSITEPREFS -- web.topicname of site preferences topic
- The full name of the local site preferences topic. This topic is read for preferences before TWiki.%TWIKIPREFSTOPIC% is read.
- Syntax:
%LOCALSITEPREFS%
- Expands to:
Main.TWikiPreferences
, renders as TWikiPreferences
LOGIN -- present a full login link
LOGOUT -- present a full logout link
MAINWEB -- name of Main web
MAKETEXT -- creates text using TWiki's I18N infrastructure
- Syntax:
%MAKETEXT{"string" args="..."}
- Supported parameters:
Parameter | Description | Default |
"text" or string="text" | The text to be displayed. | none |
args="param1, param2" | a comma-separated list of arguments to be interpolated in the string, replacing the [_N] placeholders in it. | none |
- Examples:
-
%MAKETEXT{string="Notes:"}%
expands to
Notes:
-
%MAKETEXT{"If you have any questions, please contact [_1]." args="%WIKIWEBMASTER%"}%
expands to
If you have any questions, please contact pt@mit.at.
-
%MAKETEXT{"Did you want to [[[_1]][reset [_2]'s password]]?" args="%TWIKIWEB%.ResetPassword,%WIKIUSERNAME%"}%
expands to
Did you want to reset Main.TWikiGuest's password?
- Notes:
- TWiki will translate the
string
to the current user's language only if it has such string in its translation table for that language.
- Amperstands (
&
) followed by one letter (one of a...z, A...Z) (say, X
) in the translatable string will be translated to <span class='twikiAccessKey'>X</span>
. This is used to implement access keys. If you want to write an actual amperstand that stays just before a letter, write two consecutive amperstands (&&
): they will be transformed in just one.
- translatable string starting with underscores (
_
) are reserved. You cannot use translatable phrases starting with an underscore.
- Make sure that the translatable string is constant. Specially, do not include
%VARIABLES%
inside the translatable strings (since they will get expanded before the %MAKETEXT{...}%
itself is handled).
META -- displays meta-data
- Provided mainly for use in templates, this variable generates the parts of the topic view that relate to meta-data (attachments, forms etc.) The
formfield
item is the most likely to be useful to casual users.
- Syntax:
%META{ "item" ...}%
- Parameters:
Item | Options | Description |
"formfield" | name="..." - name of the field. The field value can be shortened as described in FormattedSearch for $formfield | Show a single form field |
"form" | none | Generates the table showing the form fields. See Form Templates |
"attachments" | all="on" to show hidden attachments | Generates the table showing the attachments |
"moved" | none | Details of any topic moves |
"parent" | dontrecurse="on" : By default recurses up tree, this has some cost. nowebhome="on" : Suppress WebHome. prefix="..." : Prefix that goes before parents, but only if there are parents, default "" . format="..." : format string used to display each partent topic, default "[[$web.$topic][$topic]]" suffix="..." : Suffix, only appears if there are parents, default "" . separator="..." : Separator between parents, default " > " . | Generates the parent link |
- Related: METASEARCH
METASEARCH -- special search of meta data
- Syntax:
%METASEARCH{...}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
type="topicmoved" | What sort of search is required? "topicmoved" if search for a topic that may have been moved "parent" if searching for topics that have a specific parent i.e. its children "field" if searching for topics that have a particular form field value (use the name and value parameters to specify which field to search) | required |
web="%WEB%" | Wiki web to search: A web, a list of webs separated by whitespace, or all webs. | current web |
topic="%TOPIC%" | The topic the search relates to, for topicmoved and parent searches | current topic |
name | form field to search, for field type searches. May be a regular expression (see SEARCH). | |
value | form field value, for field type searches. May be a regular expression (see SEARCH). | |
title="Title" | Text that is prefixed to any search results | empty |
default="none" | Default text shown if no search hit | empty |
- Example:
%METASEARCH{type="topicmoved" web="%WEB%" topic="%TOPIC%" title="This topic used to exist and was moved to: "}%
- Example: You may want to use this in WebTopicViewTemplate and WebTopicNonWikiTemplate:
%METASEARCH{type="parent" web="%WEB%" topic="%TOPIC%" title="Children: "}%
- Example:
%METASEARCH{type="field" name="Country" value="China"}%
- Related: SEARCH, META
NOP -- template text not to be expanded in instantiated topics
- Syntax:
%NOP%
- In normal topic text, expands to <nop>, which prevents expansion of adjacent variables and wikiwords
- When the topic containing this is used as a template for another topic, it is removed.
- Syntax:
%NOP{...}%
deprecated
- In normal topic text, expands to whatever is in the curly braces (if anything).
- Note: This is deprecated. Do not use it. Use
%STARTSECTION{type="templateonly"}%
.. %ENDSECTION{type="templateonly"}%
instead (see TWikiTemplates for more details).
- Related: STARTSECTION, TWikiTemplates
NOTIFYTOPIC -- name of the notify topic
PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS -- list of plugin descriptions
- Syntax:
%PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS%
- Expands to:
- SpreadSheetPlugin (any TWiki, 10197): Add spreadsheet calculation like
"$SUM( $ABOVE() )"
to tables located in TWiki topics. - CommentPlugin (Dakar, 8164): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle.
- EditTablePlugin (Dakar, 8154): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
- InterwikiPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 8329$): Link
ExternalSite:Page
text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic - PreferencesPlugin (Dakar, 9839): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
- SlideShowPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 8154$): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
- SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, 8154): Render smilies as icons, like
:-)
for or :cool:
for :cool: - TablePlugin (Dakar, 8154): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
- WysiwygPlugin (Dakar, 9565): Translator framework and WYSIWYG editor for TWiki topics
- Related: ACTIVATEDPLUGINS, FAILEDPLUGINS, PLUGINVERSION
PLUGINVERSION -- the version of a TWiki Plugin, or the TWiki Plugins API
PUBURL -- the base URL of attachments
PUBURLPATH -- the base URL path of attachments
QUERYSTRING -- full, unprocessed string of parameters to this URL
- String of all the URL parameters that were on the URL used to get to the current page. For example, if you add ?name=Samantha;age=24;eyes=blue to this URL you can see this in action. This string can be appended to a URL to pass parameter values on to another page.
- Note: URLs built this way are typically restricted in length, typically to 2048 characters. If you need more space than this, you will need to use an HTML form and
%URLPARAM{}%
.
- Syntax:
%QUERYSTRING%
- Expands to:
name=Samantha;age=24;eyes=blue
- Related: URLPARAM
REMOTE_ADDR -- environment variable
REMOTE_PORT -- environment variable
REMOTE_USER -- environment variable
REVINFO -- revision information of current topic
REVINFO{"format"} -- formatted revision information of topic
- Syntax:
%REVINFO{"format"}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"format" | Format of revision information, see supported variables below | "r1.$rev - $date - $wikiusername" |
web="..." | Name of web | Current web |
topic="..." | Topic name | Current topic |
rev="1.5" | Specific revison number | Latest revision |
- Supported variables in format:
Variable: | Unit: | Example |
$web | Name of web | Current web |
$topic | Topic name | Current topic |
$rev | Revison number. Prefix r1. to get the usual r1.5 format | 5 |
$date | Revision date | 11 Jul 2004 |
$time | Revision time | 23:24:25 |
$username | Login username of revision | jsmith |
$wikiname | WikiName of revision | JohnSmith |
$wikiusername | WikiName with Main web prefix | Main.JohnSmith |
- Example:
%REVINFO{"$date - $wikiusername" rev="1.1"}%
returns revision info of first revision
- Related: REVINFO
SCRIPTNAME -- name of current script
- The name of the current script is shown, including script suffix, if any (for example
viewauth.cgi
)
- Syntax:
%SCRIPTNAME%
- Expands to:
view
- Related: SCRIPTSUFFIX, SCRIPTURL, SCRIPTURLPATH
SCRIPTSUFFIX -- script suffix
- Some TWiki installations require a file extension for CGI scripts, such as
.pl
or .cgi
- Syntax:
%SCRIPTSUFFIX%
- Expands to:
- Related: SCRIPTNAME, SCRIPTURL, SCRIPTURLPATH
SCRIPTURL -- base URL of TWiki scripts
SCRIPTURL{"script"} -- URL of TWiki script
- Syntax:
%SCRIPTURL{"script"}%
- Expands to:
http://menet.mdw.ac.at/bin/script
- Example: To get the authenticated version of the current topic you can write
%SCRIPTURL{"viewauth"}%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%
which expands to http://menet.mdw.ac.at/bin/viewauth/TWiki/TWikiVariables
- Note: In most cases you should use
%SCRIPTURLPATH{"script"}%
instead, as it works with URL rewriting much better
- Related: PUBURL, SCRIPTNAME, SCRIPTSUFFIX, SCRIPTURL, SCRIPTURLPATH, SCRIPTURLPATH{"script"}
SCRIPTURLPATH -- base URL path of TWiki scripts
SCRIPTURLPATH{"script"} -- URL path of TWiki script
SEARCH{"text"} -- search content
- Inline search, shows a search result embedded in a topic
- Syntax:
%SEARCH{"text" ...}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"text" | Search term. Is a keyword search, literal search or regular expression search, depending on the type parameter. SearchHelp has more | required |
search="text" | (Alternative to above) | N/A |
web="Name" web="Main, Know" web="all" | Comma-separated list of webs to search. You can specifically exclude webs from an all search using a minus sign - for example, web="all,-Secretweb" . The special word all means all webs that do not have the NOSEARCHALL variable set to on in their WebPreferences. Note that TWikiAccessControls are respected when searching webs; it is much better to use them than NOSEARCHALL . | Current web |
topic="WebPreferences" topic="*Bug" | Limit search to topics: A topic, a topic with asterisk wildcards, or a list of topics separated by comma. Note this is a list of topic names and must not include web names. | All topics in a web |
excludetopic="Web*" excludetopic="WebHome, WebChanges" | Exclude topics from search: A topic, a topic with asterisk wildcards, or a list of topics separated by comma. Note this is a list of topic names and must not include web names. | None |
type="keyword" type="literal" type="regex" | Do a keyword search like soap "web service" -shampoo ; a literal search like web service ; or RegularExpression search like soap;web service;!shampoo | %SEARCHVAR- DEFAULTTYPE% preferences setting (literal) |
scope="topic" scope="text" scope="all" | Search topic name (title); the text (body) of topic; or all (both) | "text" |
order="topic" order="created" order="modified" order="editby" order= "formfield(name)" | Sort the results of search by the topic names, topic creation time, last modified time, last editor, or named field of TWikiForms. The sorting is done web by web; if you want to sort across webs, create a formatted table and sort it with TablePlugin's initsort. Note that dates are sorted most recent date last (i.e at the bottom of the table). | Sort by topic name |
limit="all" limit="16" | Limit the number of results returned. This is done after sorting if order is specified | All results |
date="..." | limits the results to those pages with latest edit time in the given TimeInterval. | All results |
reverse="on" | Reverse the direction of the search | Ascending search |
casesensitive="on" | Case sensitive search | Ignore case |
bookview="on" | BookView search, e.g. show complete topic text | Show topic summary |
nonoise="on" | Shorthand for nosummary="on" nosearch="on" nototal="on" zeroresults="off" noheader="on" noempty="on" | Off |
nosummary="on" | Show topic title only | Show topic summary |
nosearch="on" | Suppress search string | Show search string |
noheader="on" | Suppress search header Topics: Changed: By: | Show search header, unless seach is inline and a format is specified (Cairo compatibility) |
nototal="on" | Do not show number of topics found | Show number |
zeroresults="off" | Suppress all output if there are no hits | zeroresults="on" , displays: "Number of topics: 0" |
noempty="on" | Suppress results for webs that have no hits. | Show webs with no hits |
header="..." format="..." | Custom format results: see FormattedSearch for usage, variables & examples | Results in table |
expandvariables="on" | Expand variables before applying a FormattedSearch on a search hit. Useful to show the expanded text, e.g. to show the result of a SpreadSheetPlugin %CALC{}% instead of the formula | Raw text |
multiple="on" | Multiple hits per topic. Each hit can be formatted. The last token is used in case of a regular expression ";" and search | Only one hit per topic |
nofinalnewline="on" | If on , the search variable does not end in a line by itself. Any text continuing immediately after the search variable on the same line will be rendered as part of the table generated by the search, if appropriate. | off |
recurse="on" | Recurse into subwebs, if subwebs are enabled. | off |
separator=", " | Line separator between hits | Newline "$n" |
- Example:
%SEARCH{"wiki" web="Main" scope="topic"}%
- Example with format:
%SEARCH{"FAQ" scope="topic" nosearch="on" nototal="on" header="| *Topic: * | *Summary: * |" format="| $topic | $summary |"%
(displays results in a table with header - details)
- Hint: If the TWiki:Plugins.TablePlugin is installed, you may set a
%TABLE{}%
variable just before the %SEARCH{}%
to alter the output of a search. Example: %TABLE{ tablewidth="90%" }%
- Related: METASEARCH, TOPICLIST, WEBLIST, FormattedSearch
SERVERTIME -- server time
SERVERTIME{"format"} -- formatted server time
- Same format qualifiers as
%GMTIME%
- Syntax:
%SERVERTIME{"format"}%
- Example:
%SERVERTIME{"$hou:$min"}%
expands to 21:07
- Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
- Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME, SERVERTIME
SESSIONID -- unique ID for this session
SESSIONVAR -- name of CGI and session variable that stores the session ID
SESSION_VARIABLE -- get, set or clear a session variable
SPACEDTOPIC -- topic name, spaced and URL-encoded deprecated
- The current topic name with added URL-encoded spaces, for use in regular expressions that search for backlinks to the current topic
- Syntax:
%SPACEDTOPIC%
- Expands to:
Var%20*SPACEDTOPIC
- Note: This is a deprecated variable. It can be duplicated with
%ENCODE{%SPACEOUT{"%TOPIC%" separator=" *"}%}%
- Related: SPACEOUT, TOPIC, ENCODE
SPACEOUT{"string"} -- renders string with spaces inserted in sensible places
- Inserts spaces after lower case letters that are followed by a digit or a capital letter, and after digits that are followed by a capital letter.
- Useful for spacing out WikiWords
- Syntax:
%SPACEOUT{ "%TOPIC%" }%
- Expands to:
TWiki Variables
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
separator | The separator to put between words e.g. %SPACEOUT{"DogsCatsBudgies" separator=", "}% -> Dogs, Cats, Budgies | ' ' |
- Hint: Spaced out WikiWords are not automatically linked. To SPACEOUT a WikiWord but preserve the link use "double bracket" format. For example,
[[WebHome][%SPACEOUT{"WebHome"}%]]
expands to Web Home
- Related: SPACEDTOPIC, $PROPERSPACE() of SpreadSheetPlugin
STARTINCLUDE -- start position of topic text if included
- If present in included topic, start to include text from this location up to the end, or up to the location of the
%STOPINCLUDE%
variable. A normal view of the topic shows everything exept the %STARTINCLUDE%
variable itself.
- Note: If you want more than one part of the topic included, use
%STARTSECTION{type="include"}%
instead
- Syntax:
%STARTINCLUDE%
- Related: INCLUDE, STARTSECTION, STOPINCLUDE
STARTSECTION -- marks the start of a section within a topic
- Section boundaries are defined with
%STARTSECTION{}%
and %ENDSECTION{}%
.
- Sections may be given a name to help identify them, and/or a type, which changes how they are used.
-
type="section"
- the default, used for a generic section, such as a named section used by INCLUDE.
-
type="include"
- like %STARTINCLUDE%
... %STOPINCLUDE%
except that you can have as many include blocks as you want (%STARTINCLUDE%
is restricted to only one).
-
type="templateonly"
- start position of text to be removed when a template topic is used. This is used to embed text that you do not want expanded when a new topic based on the template topic is created. See TWikiTemplates for more information.
- Syntax:
%STARTSECTION{"name"}% ................ %ENDSECTION{"name"}%
- Syntax:
%STARTSECTION{type="include"}% ........ %ENDSECTION{type="include"}%
- Syntax:
%STARTSECTION{type="templateonly"}% ... %ENDSECTION{type="templateonly"}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default |
"name" | Name of the section. Must be unique inside a topic. | Generated name |
type="..." | Type of the section; type "section" , "include" or "templateonly" | "section" |
- Note: If a section is not given a name, it will be assigned one. Unnamed sections are assigned names starting with
_SECTION0
for the first unnamed section in the topic, _SECTION1
for the second, etc..
- Note: You can define nested sections. It is not recommended to overlap sections, although it is valid in TWiki. Use named sections to make sure that the correct START and ENDs are matched. Section markers are not displayed when a topic is viewed.
- Related: ENDSECTION, INCLUDE, NOP, STARTINCLUDE, STOPINCLUDE
STATISTICSTOPIC -- name of statistics topic
STOPINCLUDE -- end position of topic text if included
- If present in included topic, stop to include text at this location and ignore the remaining text. A normal view of the topic shows everyting exept the
%STOPINCLUDE%
variable itself.
- Syntax:
%STOPINCLUDE%
- Related: INCLUDE, STARTINCLUDE
TOC -- table of contents of current topic
TOC{"Topic"} -- table of contents
- Table of Contents. Shows a TOC that is generated automatically based on headings of a topic. Headings in WikiSyntax (
"---++ text"
) and HTML ("<h2>text</h2>"
) are taken into account. Any heading text after "!!"
is excluded from the TOC; for example, write "---+!! text"
if you do not want to list a header in the TOC
- Syntax:
%TOC{"SomeTopic" ...}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"TopicName" | topic name | Current topic |
web="Name" | Name of web | Current web |
depth="2" | Limit depth of headings shown in TOC | 6 |
title="Some text" | Title to appear at top of TOC | none |
- Example:
%TOC{depth="2"}%
- Example:
%TOC{"TWikiDocumentation" web="TWiki" title="Contents:"}%
- Example: see TWiki:Sandbox.TestTopicInclude
- Hint: TOC will generate links to the headings, so when a reader clicks on a heading it will jump straight where that heading is anchored in the text. If you have two headings with exactly the same text, then their anchors will also be identical and they won't be able to jump to them. To make the anchors unique, you can add an invisible HTML comment to the text of the heading. This will be hidden in normal view, but will force the anchors to be different. For example, ---+ Heading <!--5-->.
- Related: TOC
TOPIC -- name of current topic
TOPICLIST{"format"} -- topic index of a web
- List of all topics in a web. The "format" defines the format of one topic item. It may include variables: The
$name
variable gets expanded to the topic name, $qname
to double quoted name, $marker
to marker
parameter where topic matches selection
, and $web
to the name of the web.
- Syntax:
%TOPICLIST{"format" ...}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"format" | Format of one line, may include $web (name of web), $name (name of the topic), $qname (name of topic in double quotes), $marker (which expands to marker for the item matching selection only) | "$name" |
format="format" | (Alternative to above) | "$name" |
separator=", " | line separator | "$n" (new line) |
marker="selected" | Text for $marker if the item matches selection | "selected" |
selection="TopicA, TopicB" | Current value to be selected in list | (none) |
web="Name" | Name of web | Current web |
- Example:
%TOPICLIST{" * $web.$name"}%
creates a bullet list of all topics
- Example:
%TOPICLIST{separator=", "}%
creates a comma separated list of all topics
- Example:
%TOPICLIST{" <option>$name</option>"}%
creates an option list (for drop down menus)
- Example:
<select>%TOPICLIST{" <option $marker value='$name'>$name</option>" separator=" " selection="%TOPIC%"}%</select>
creates an option list of web topics with the current topic selected
- Related: SEARCH, WEBLIST
TWIKIWEB -- name of TWiki documentation web
- The web containing all documentation and site-wide preference settings for TWiki
- Syntax:
%TWIKIWEB%
- Expands to:
TWiki
- Related: MAINWEB
URLPARAM{"name"} -- get value of a URL parameter
- Returns the value of a URL parameter.
- Syntax:
%URLPARAM{"name"}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"name" | The name of a URL parameter | required |
default="..." | Default value in case parameter is empty or missing | empty string |
newline="<br />" | Convert newlines in textarea to other delimiters | no conversion |
encode="entity" | Encode special characters into HTML entities. See ENCODE for more details. | no encoding |
encode="url" | Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into %22 | no encoding |
multiple="on" multiple="[[$item]]" | If set, gets all selected elements of a <select multiple="multiple"> tag. A format can be specified, with $item indicating the element, e.g. multiple="Option: $item" | first element |
separator=", " | Separator between multiple selections. Only relevant if multiple is specified | "\n" (new line) |
- Example:
%URLPARAM{"skin"}%
returns print
for a .../view/TWiki/TWikiVariables?skin=print
URL
- Note: URL parameters passed into HTML form fields must be entity ENCODEd
- Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
- Note: There is a risk that this variable could be misused for cross-site scripting.
- Related: ENCODE, SEARCH, FormattedSearch, QUERYSTRING
USERINFO - retrieve details about a user (by default the logged-in user)
- Syntax:
%USERINFO%
- Expands to: =guest, TWikiGuest, =
To format that information differently:
- Syntax:
%USERINFO{format="$username is really $wikiname"}%
- Expands to:
guest is really TWikiGuest
.
- The tokens
$emails
, $username
, $wikiname
, $wikiusername
, and $groups
are available for use in the format string .By default, the info will be formatted as a comma-separated list of the username, wikiusername, and emails.
To get information about another user:
- Syntax:
%USERINFO{"TWikiGuest" format="$username is really $wikiname"}%
- Expands to:
guest is really TWikiGuest
- The parameter should be the wikiname of a user. You can only get information about another user if the
{AntiSpam}{HideUserDetails}
configuration option is not enabled, or if you are an admin. (User details are hidden in this TWiki)
USERNAME -- your login username
VAR{"NAME" web="Web"} -- get a preference value from another web
- Syntax:
%VAR{"NAME" web="Web"}%
- Example: To get
%WEBBGCOLOR%
of the Main web write %VAR{"WEBBGCOLOR" web="Main"}%
, which expands to #FFB860
- Related: WEBPREFSTOPIC
WEB -- name of current web
WEBLIST{"format"} -- index of all webs
- List of all webs. Obfusticated webs are excluded, e.g. webs with a
NOSEARCHALL = on
preference variable. The "format"
defines the format of one web item. The $name
variable gets expanded to the name of the web, $qname
gets expanded to double quoted name, $marker
to marker
where web matches selection
.
- Syntax:
%WEBLIST{"format" ...}%
- Supported parameters:
Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"format" | Format of one line, may include $name (the name of the web), $qname (the name of the web in double quotes), $indentedname (the name of the web with parent web names replaced by indents, for use in indented lists), and $marker (which expands to marker for the item matching selection only) | "$name" |
format="format" | (Alternative to above) | "$name" |
separator=", " | line separator | "$n" (new line) |
webs="public" | comma separated list of webs, public expands to all non-hidden | "public" |
marker="selected" | Text for $marker if the item matches selection | "selected" |
selection="%WEB%" | Current value to be selected in list | section="%WEB%" |
- Example:
%WEBLIST{" * [[$name.WebHome]]"}%
creates a bullet list of all webs.
- Example:
%WEBLIST{"<option $marker value=$qname>$name</option>" webs="Trash, public" selection="TWiki" separator=" "}%
creates a dropdown of all public webs + Trash web, with the current web highlighted.
- Related: TOPICLIST, SEARCH
WEBPREFSTOPIC -- name of web preferences topic
WIKIHOMEURL -- site home URL deprecated
WIKINAME -- your Wiki username
WIKIPREFSTOPIC -- name of site-wide preferences topic
WIKITOOLNAME -- name of your TWiki site
WIKIUSERNAME -- your Wiki username with web prefix
WIKIUSERSTOPIC -- name of topic listing all registers users
WIKIVERSION -- the version of the installed TWiki engine
Related Topics: UserDocumentationCategory